I prefer cats. The cats I've had seemed to be convinced that I could understand them. To an extent, I suppose I could. I was able to distinguish when they were hungry, versus when they wanted attention, because the types of meows just sounded different.

I used to like dogs and cats equally, but my mother's current pair of greyhounds has made me prefer cats; however, I would rather have lizards over them both, because my patience with animals has drastically decreased. All thanks to the greyhounds that I've previously mentioned. Maybe I'll eventually recover, but I feel that I need a break from interactive pets.

In all honesty, cats are actually very hit and miss.
I like the chill ones that just lounge around, or even active ones.
But then a lot are the ones that hate everybody and will claw, bite or maim anybody within 5 feet of them....not a fan of those.